The Tudor Kitchen: What The Tudors Ate & Drank Online

Used to show off wealth. Sugar was imported from Cyprus and the Mediterranean, used even to sweeten meat. The Poor & Working Class

Used by the poor to boil pottage over a central fire. The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors ate & drank

Elaborate meat pies were a staple. Henry VIII famously expanded his waistline from 32 to 54 inches on a diet of these rich foods. "Manchet" Bread : The finest, most expensive white bread made from wheat. Used to show off wealth

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Roughly 75-80% of their diet consisted of meat, including beef, mutton, veal, and pork.

They ate "status birds" like swan , peacock , heron , and crane